Welcome to both new and regular readers!
So... who am I and why should you read this blog?? I am an author, artist, and sustainable living proponent and I have a positive vision to share. How often do I blog?? I blog weekly on both this site and cjslide.com (my sustainable living website) What do I write about? Anything and everything that takes my interest - that takes in the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual components of experience. Check out both and give me your feedback. Thanks to those who came out to the Beginner's Meditation workshop last Saturday! It has been a whirlwind of a week but I enjoyed the session and will be offering another in January to help with New Year's Resolutions - less stress is always more joy!
Namaste!! Check out the new poem on my blog! Absolute Beginner's Meditation Workshop
is being offered October 4th at 7:30 p.m. at Faking Sanity Restaurant, Dawson Creek.. The 1 1/2 hour workshop will teach meditation fundamentals and lead participants through a number of meditations and visualizations. Cost is $30. Please wear comfortable clothes and bring a pillow or yoga mat. Copies of Jadzia's book The Absolute Beginner's Guide to Mediation and Crystals as well as her Crystal headbands will be available. Participants are limited to 15 persons. If you want to be one of them or have questions - e-mail [email protected] to reserve your spot. Hope to see you there!! 
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Scrooge's disciples? Are you one?
So Christmas time is upon us and if you celebrate, you probably have watched or read some version of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. I have my fav version, which is the classic black and white Alistair Sim's version. Yes, it is not in colour and that is okay with me. As I was watching yesterday something that I had heard many times suddenly touched me. Scrooge talked about how humanity at large was not his business and that his own welfare was. Then he went on to say that "his business (His own welfare) occupied him constantly."
Whoa! Isn't that how we are these days? So BUSY! Unless we are very careful, this technological age, which can so easily connect us, actually ends up demanding so much of our time that we are less connected with those we care about and those that need our help and attention. We are too busy with our own welfare to bother with others. Instead of learning the lesson of the book - that unless we are occupied with distributing our gifts to humanity, we all suffer, somehow some of us are learning how to be Scrooge's disciples - Trying to get money and things for ourselves and too bad for anyone else.
Now please don't take that as a rant against money. Money is just an exchange we make for investing our energy. It is not the problem. Our coldness of heart is the problem. Our willingness to allow ourselves to be so engaged in surviving that we forget to live.
It may not be so blatant. We can convince ourselves that we are truly good people by looking after only our own. The family is paramount. Somehow we don't have time for friends or acquaintances. Isn't that a similar version of the issue?
How many people, other than family did you invite over for Christmas dinner? Wouldn't do that? Why?
And I am not trying to escape notice here either. I did send out Christmas cards to many, both E- and otherwise. But this is the first year I am not having anyone over. I have often done it in the past. There have been a few Christmases past when I have hosted a dinner for those in need - three or four families or donated all the presents. This year is kind of a dud that way. It escaped my notice until today. Because? You guessed it - busy. And I was, having closed a house deal three days before Christmas on top of all the other assorted doings one does.
BUT, now that I am aware, I am already planning a different Christmas next year, although I won't wait that long. The shelters often have tons of food and gifts at Christmas but the end of January through to March can be dismal. Why not give then? I will. Since I wasn't quick enough to get things ready before the holiday. Anyone else?
Whoa! Isn't that how we are these days? So BUSY! Unless we are very careful, this technological age, which can so easily connect us, actually ends up demanding so much of our time that we are less connected with those we care about and those that need our help and attention. We are too busy with our own welfare to bother with others. Instead of learning the lesson of the book - that unless we are occupied with distributing our gifts to humanity, we all suffer, somehow some of us are learning how to be Scrooge's disciples - Trying to get money and things for ourselves and too bad for anyone else.
Now please don't take that as a rant against money. Money is just an exchange we make for investing our energy. It is not the problem. Our coldness of heart is the problem. Our willingness to allow ourselves to be so engaged in surviving that we forget to live.
It may not be so blatant. We can convince ourselves that we are truly good people by looking after only our own. The family is paramount. Somehow we don't have time for friends or acquaintances. Isn't that a similar version of the issue?
How many people, other than family did you invite over for Christmas dinner? Wouldn't do that? Why?
And I am not trying to escape notice here either. I did send out Christmas cards to many, both E- and otherwise. But this is the first year I am not having anyone over. I have often done it in the past. There have been a few Christmases past when I have hosted a dinner for those in need - three or four families or donated all the presents. This year is kind of a dud that way. It escaped my notice until today. Because? You guessed it - busy. And I was, having closed a house deal three days before Christmas on top of all the other assorted doings one does.
BUT, now that I am aware, I am already planning a different Christmas next year, although I won't wait that long. The shelters often have tons of food and gifts at Christmas but the end of January through to March can be dismal. Why not give then? I will. Since I wasn't quick enough to get things ready before the holiday. Anyone else?
A Movement of Ones! Let's do it!!
A Movement of Ones!! Check out the video below and comment or otherwise indicate if you want to be part of a movement of Ones!
More info to follow! We need to get going and live our passion! Supporting each other should be the new fashion! If you agree - leave a comment for me. Thanks for watching! Check out our facebook page! Open forum for blogging - share your insights!
More info to follow! We need to get going and live our passion! Supporting each other should be the new fashion! If you agree - leave a comment for me. Thanks for watching! Check out our facebook page! Open forum for blogging - share your insights!
Truth-Fables: An Indigo's Journey
by Jadzia Cypress
available now online through Amazon!!
Stories and poetry for the new paradigm by Jadzia with original artwork and photos by Cynthia Percy
Check out this delectable morsel for your reading palate - a smorg of suspense, romance, sci-fi, mystery, and whimsy!
Available in e-book and soft cover versions now - audio version coming soon!
by Jadzia Cypress
available now online through Amazon!!
Stories and poetry for the new paradigm by Jadzia with original artwork and photos by Cynthia Percy
Check out this delectable morsel for your reading palate - a smorg of suspense, romance, sci-fi, mystery, and whimsy!
Available in e-book and soft cover versions now - audio version coming soon!
We will be broadcasting live for World Peace Day! Be the change you want to see and treat everyone with love everyday but let's show the world we mean business and are going to stand for Peace! Mark September 21st on your calendar and support Peace One Day! It's not the whole answer but a journey of a thousand years may begin with this small step. Let's all take it together!
Random Llama News!! We are selling stories!
Yes! It's true! Stories of all different kinds here for your delectation. For less than the price of a cup of coffee you could be reading a new story today! Fully downloadable. Safe payment with Paypal. So click above under more and find the Random Llama Publishing Buy your stories here! link. Enjoy!
The Misadventures of Count Percival by Jadzia Cypress and Phelan
Count Percival is an irresistible romp into the laughable blunderings of a would be farmer. An ex-nobleman comes to Canada to turn his unskilled hands to sustainable living. Follow the Count as he learns the hard way about all the things that can go wrong (and do!) on his small dilapidated farm in southern Ontario. There is mice warfare, goat chases, a vanishing pony, and many other misadventures as our poor Count slowly becomes savvy about farm life. Published by Friesen Press.
The exciting writing and the drudgery of technology!
I love to write! I think I always have. Unfortunately the scourge of the present time period is that everyone who is not born into money, royalty, or some other incredibly rare circumstance is expected to spend the greater part of their energy making a living. I have always found my day job challenging and I have enjoyed it as a dharma (a giving to society). However it does not create, except in furtive moments for me, those peak experiences, which I have been privy to during the exercise of my art. Writing my books is a fulfillment uncommon in general life. BUT trying to format my book for e-book purposes - is the depth of drudgery! I am grateful for the technology which allows publishing without the interference of the status quo based publishers and their scissors, yet the machinations of continuous word documents and styles and then the correct compression of pictures, is a bit more than I can believe necessary in this age of technological ease. Nevermind, one of them is done and uploaded at Free e-books.net. More to follow as soon as I can get up my nerve to format again!